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Short-Form Supplementary Departmental Disclosure Statement Trade (Anti-dumping and Countervailing Duties) Amendment Bill form supplementary disclosure statement A short for proposed government amendments to a Bill seeks to bring together in one place some selected information to support and enhance the Parliamentary and public scrutiny of those proposed amendments.
It highlights certain significant powers or features in the proposed amendments that might be of particular Parliamentary or public interest and warrant an explanation.
It provides a limited supplement to the original disclosure statement for the Trade (Anti- dumping and Countervailing Duties) Amendment Bill, dated 18 May 2016, which can be found at this link: http://disclosure.legislation.govt.nz/assets/disclosures/bill-government-2016-143.pdf This supplementary disclosure statement was prepared by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment certifies that, to the best of its knowledge and understanding, the information provided is complete and accurate at the date of finalisation below.

15 May 2017 1 Significant Legislative Features Offences, penalties and court jurisdictions 1.

Do the proposed amendments create, amend, or remove: (a) offences or penalties (including infringement offences or penalties and civil pecuniary penalties)?
(b) the jurisdiction of a court or tribunal (including rights to judicial review or rights of appeal)?

Privacy issues 2.

Do the proposed amendments create, amend, or remove any provisions relating to the collection storage, access to, correction of, use or disclosure of personal information?

Compulsory acquisition of private property 3.

Do the proposed amendments contain any provisions that could result in the compulsory acquisition of private property?

Charges in the nature of a tax NO NO NO NO 4.


Do the proposed amendments create or amend a power to impose a fee, levy or charge in the nature of a tax?

YES The proposed amendment to section 14AA of the Act (at clause 16 of the SOP) extends the temporary suspension of existing anti-dumping duties on residential building materials for just over two years.

The amendment also prevents new anti- dumping duties from being imposed on residential building materials for the same period.
The proposed amendment to section 18 (at clause 22 of the SOP) removes the Minister’s ability to impose duties on subsidised goods imported into New Zealand which are causing material injury to industry in a third country.

The amendment is required to align section 18 with the WTO Agreement.

The WTO Agreement does not require countries to make provisions for countervailing duties to protect industry in a third country.

Retrospective effect 5.


Do the proposed amendments affect rights, freedoms, or impose obligations, retrospectively?

NO Strict liability or reversal of the burden of proof for offences 6.

Do the proposed amendments: (a) create or amend a strict or absolute liability offence?

NO 2 6.

Do the proposed amendments: (b) reverse or modify the usual burden of proof for any offence or civil pecuniary penalty proceeding?

Civil or criminal immunity 7.


Do the proposed amendments create or amend a civil or criminal immunity for any person?

Significant decision-making powers 8.

Do the proposed amendments create or amend a decision-making power to make a determination about a person’s rights, obligations, or interests protected or recognised by law, and that could have a significant impact on those rights, obligations, or interests?

Powers to make delegated legislation 9.


Do the proposed amendments create or amend a power to make delegated legislation that could amend an Act, define the meaning of a term in an Act, or grant an exemption from an Act or delegated legislation?

10.

Do the proposed amendments create or amend any other powers to make delegated legislation?

Any other unusual provisions or features 11.


Do the proposed amendments contain any provisions (other than those noted above) that are unusual or call for special comment?

NO NO NO NO NO NO 3